Cell Tissue Res. 1975 Sep 16;162(1):1-12.
PMID: 1175216 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
"Sympathectomy is a technique about which we have limited knowledge, applied to disorders about which we have little understanding." Associate Professor Robert Boas, Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Australasian College of Anaesthetists and the Royal College of Anaesthetists, The Journal of Pain, Vol 1, No 4 (Winter), 2000: pp 258-260
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Structural changes associated with parotid "degeneration secretion" after post-ganglionic sympathectomy
This loss of granules is considered to be due to sympathetic "degeneration secretion" caused by the release of noradrenaline from the degenerating adrenergic nerves between 12 and 24 hours after ganglionectomy. This is thought to be the first example of morphological change resulting from "degeneration activation" to be recorded microscopically.
Cell Tissue Res. 1975 Sep 16;162(1):1-12.
Cell Tissue Res. 1975 Sep 16;162(1):1-12.